researchkitty
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OH NO. I want to make my own titanium nails and dabbers and a few other random parts.
I've never used a metal lathe before. I've no experience. No friends know them. Just me. This will be fun.
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Hrm, weird............. Looks like the "I dont have a mill so lets just turn and drill this chunk of titanium" nails, but I can see how they'd work, but still wonder a bit if they are airy or good? He sells em on eBay for $30 a pop.Have any of you guys seen the K.O ti nail? No globe needed.
http://www.abcamps.com/
...farm PTOs - bad fckn news those things can be.Thats awesome, I would love to learn machining myself, however some of the sickest shit Iv ever seen is lathe accidents...
Reasonable enough price for someone that dabs a lot to take a chance on it and then give us a review.Hrm, weird............. Looks like the "I dont have a mill so lets just turn and drill this chunk of titanium" nails, but I can see how they'd work, but still wonder a bit if they are airy or good? He sells em on eBay for $30 a pop.
They carry a few, actually! Mine is this one:Yeah i work with tractors a lot, stay away from that shit!!!
Anyhow, i did not realize Harbor Freight carried a lathe, how much did you pay for that? (assuming HF since its a central machinery) I would love to have a small one for a while, probably going to end up with a big one eventually so some practice on a small one would be great!
This is very true! However, thankfully (I'm TOLD but have no experience yet) that Titanium Grade 2 turns a little tougher than aluminum, but not anywhere near as difficult as the titanium most other people use. Grade 2 thankfully is softest of all the grades. I'm told to work it around 600rpm cur cutting and be generous with my WD-40.I am not a machinist, don't play one on TV or have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express ... but i have been told by an actual one that titanium is an absolute bitch to machine. It's "chewy" as opposed to "free-cutting", and it has a way of ruining cutting tools, including carbide. I half-remember talk of special cutting fluids containing iodine. I said it before and I'll say it again ... tantalum!!! cn
I know the cut is bad. I've never used a lathe in my life.Dude I hate to say this but that cut is bad. I run a lathe at work a lot, I'm a millwright by trade. If I was you I would get a few manuals and the machinest handbook, start with brass it is super nice to work with, and tool steel it's nice and cheap, I can check a few of my chart numbers for you if you like.
Thanks!DO NOT WEAR GLOVES WHILE OPERATING A LATHE. I have seen people rip the skin off of entire fingers and hands from wearing simple cloth gloves when running machinery.